Many newly-announced titles have been added to our forthcoming releases database, Incoming,
this week, including the first appearance of the Warner Home Video's
eagerly-awaited Stanley Kubrick special edition discs. We've also added additional details for many titles, and many more etailer links.
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Other especially-notable newly-listed
titles includes Richard Linklater's
Slacker, which will receive a long-overdue DVD re-release on
Boxing Day (ignore what the etailers are saying - Boxing Day is the
official release date). Metrodome also have the UK DVD debuts of Alex De
La Iglesia's
Accion Mutante, and 800
Bullets, both also due on Boxing Day. Optimum have announced
provisional details for the acclaimed German film
Eagle vs Shark.

HD DVD AND BLU-RAY NEWS

Details of three forthcoming HD releases
from Optimum Home Entertainment have been added to Incoming. These are...

Until these titles were announced, Optimum
had only released on HD DVD. They released the following statement as part
of the press release for the new titles:

From November 2007 Optimum are going to be stepping up
their involvement in the expansion of the new high def formats, with the
release of three key titles on both Blu Ray and HD DVD.

The titles in question are the gritty, nerve-shredding
Wolf Creek, comic-horror epic The Host, and the enchanting,
Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth. Each will combine the crispest
picture and sound, alongside a host of extras on each disc.

To date we have published four key catalogue titles on
HD-DVD - The Pianist, Mulholland Drive, La Haine and
The Deer Hunter – courtesy of Studio Canal's collaboration with
Toshiba. Optimum are taking an agnostic stance in terms of the relative
values of each format, so we are now in a position to extend the line-up
to include the afore-mentioned key titles on both formats for the
Christmas period. Although we're remaining non-partisan about the result
of the format war, we do recognize the need to support the evolution of
DVD in the hope of restoring value to the market. Our release of these
three titles is our response to the demand for a greater variety of
product, which we are sure will increase considerably as the new wave of
cheaper hardware appears this autumn.

EVENT NEWS

Kaleidoscope have announced details of
their Christmas gathering...

Kaleidoscope Christmas Event

Saturday 1st December 2007, 12:00 - 7:00 pm

Amblecote Room, Stourbridge Town Hall,

Stourbridge, West Midlands, UK

Free Admission

EVENT SCHEDULE

12:00 Swap of the Pops - Noel Edmonds introduces
artists including
ABBA, Cliff Richard, Harry Secombe, Showaddywaddy, Status Quo, Wings and
The Wurzels in this show from Christmas 1977. This is the first thirty
minutes of the programme, part two follows later in the day.

12:30 The Little Matchgirl - Hans Christian
Andersen's classic tale
is brought to life in this ATV production from Christmas 1974.

13:30 All Star Comedy Carnival - Doctor in Charge.
A festive
mini-edition of the long-running sitcom series from 1973.

13:40 Tinsel and Trimmings - rareties and surprises galore
in this
compilation of Christmas continuity.

13:45 Break

14:00 Kaleidoscope Grand Charity Auction 2007 - our annual
auction
extravaganza returns, in support of the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution. Bid on a selection of items donated by our guests and
attendees throughout the year. Please note we accept bids in person only.

15:00 Top of the Pops - a rare treat as we present
the surviving
footage from the Christmas Day 1969 edition. Followed by Elton John
singing "White Christmas" on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

15:15 Origami - Have your piece of paper at the
ready for this
Christmas themed edition.

15:30 Afternoon Tea

16:00 The Fairy on the Tree - a selection of
Christmas television
advertisements.

16:05 Metal Mickey - Pantomickey. The hugely
popular silver robot
and his friends star in a seasonal episode of the series created by
Michael Dolenz, formerly of The Monkees.

16:30 Shine on Harvey Moon - A Christmas Truce.
Kenneth Cranham,
Elizabeth Spriggs and Maggie Steed lead the cast in a rarely seen
episode from Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran's forties family saga.